Gulliver
Gulliver is a traveler to fantastical lands in Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel *Gulliver's Travels*.
Among the tiny Lilliputians, Gulliver is a giant; among the giant Brobdingnagians, he's minuscule.
The name evokes someone out of scale with their surroundings or encountering strange new worlds: I felt like Gulliver among the basketball players.
Fictional land of diminutive inhabitants
- BrobdingnagImaginary land of giants
- YahoosCrude, uncultured people
- giantsBeings of immense stature
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
Being of huge size
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
- BrobdingnagianImmense beyond measure
- LilliputianExtremely small in size
- proportionComparative relation of parts
perspective · tiny · enormous · bound · staked · magnification · diminution · towering
Meaning opposite to words
- parodySatirical imitation
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- social critiqueExamination of societal problems
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
human nature · politics · colonialism · pride · reason · civilization · corruption · war
Of lasting excellence
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- travelogueAccount of journeys abroad
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- illustrationPicture explaining something
cultural reference · satire · fantasy literature · utopia · dystopia · influence
Hebrew name meaning godly devotion
- protagonistStory's central figure
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- narratorOne who tells events
- voyagerLong-distance journey taker
castaway · shipwreck · captivity · seafarer · explorer · chronicler · Englishman · everyman
Dublin's savage satirist
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
- authorCreator of written works
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
- literatureBody of written works
novel · Anglo-Irish · Dublin · Dean · A Modest Proposal · pamphleteer · essayist · prose
Lilliput
Fictional land of diminutive inhabitants
- BrobdingnagImaginary land of giants
- YahoosCrude, uncultured people
- giantsBeings of immense stature
giant
Being of huge size
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
- BrobdingnagianImmense beyond measure
- LilliputianExtremely small in size
proportion · perspective · tiny · enormous · bound · staked · magnification · diminution · towering
irony
Meaning opposite to words
- parodySatirical imitation
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- social critiqueExamination of societal problems
mockery · human nature · politics · colonialism · pride · reason · civilization · corruption · war · hypocrisy
classic
Of lasting excellence
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- travelogueAccount of journeys abroad
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
illustration · cultural reference · satire · fantasy literature · utopia · dystopia · influence
Lemuel
Hebrew name meaning godly devotion
- protagonistStory's central figure
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- narratorOne who tells events
voyager · castaway · shipwreck · captivity · seafarer · explorer · chronicler · Englishman · everyman · observer
Jonathan Swift
Dublin's savage satirist
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
- authorCreator of written works
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
literature · novel · Anglo-Irish · Dublin · Dean · A Modest Proposal · pamphleteer · essayist · prose · Stella
- Legendary VoyagersOdysseus, Ulysses, Jason, Sinbad, Aeneas
- Fictional CharactersAlice, Oliver Twist, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Bilbo Baggins
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Gulliver's TravelsSwift, Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Lilliputians, Yahoos
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
- TV CharactersHomer Simpson, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson
GulliverLilliputian
Extremely small in size
Brobdingnagian · giant · Tom Thumb · colossus · Lilliputians